Burlington Community High SchoolBurlington Community High School

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Youth Mentoring with Club M: Impacting the lives of young people by providing support and learning opportunities that promote character development and life-enhancing values. CLUB M: MATCH, MESH, BELONG. Read more

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Mission Statement

Youth Mentoring with Club M: Impacting the lives of young people by providing support and learning opportunities that promote character development and life-enhancing values. CLUB M: MATCH, MESH, BELONG.

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Club M is a one-on-one youth mentoring program that matches K-5th grade students in Burlington Community School District with volunteer mentors. Mentors and the type of mentoring matches that are supported by Club M vary depending on the type of match that best suits the needs of the youth and his/her parent. Club M consists of school-based matches that meet on school grounds over the course of the school year.

School-based matches meet weekly from September through May after school at a specified date, time and location assigned by the school district. Matches meet one night a week for an hour. The mentor is consistent throughout the year and the Club M setting is supervised by program staff. Mentors are trained volunteers from area high schools, colleges, or community adults. The children in our program (mentees) and the volunteer (mentor) spend time together making crafts, playing sports, playing board games or cards, reading, or doing homework together. Club M provides the games, materials, athletic equipment, and craft supplies....the mentors and youth provide the fun!!

Club M mentors are not counselors or tutors, but rather older youth peers who want to give back to their community by being a role model to a youth.